NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1946 NCAA Championships

136 lb

Champion David Arndt, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1David ArndtOKST
  2. 2Russ BushUNI
  3. 3Elias George Jr.IND
  4. 4Leon 'L Wayne' SmithMICH

Championship

Quarterfinal · 3 bouts

  1. Elias George Jr., Indiana (IN) over Joe Garcia, Illinois — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  2. Leon 'L Wayne' Smith, Michigan over Gordon Fleiger, Northern Colorado — Dec 17–9 · View bout
  3. Russ Bush, Northern Iowa over Robert Clark, Kent State (OH) — Fall 8:49 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. David Arndt, Oklahoma State over Elias George Jr., Indiana (IN) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  2. Russ Bush, Northern Iowa over Leon 'L Wayne' Smith, Michigan — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. David Arndt, Oklahoma State over Russ Bush, Northern Iowa — Dec 10–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

  1. Leon 'L Wayne' Smith, Michigan over Robert Clark, Kent State (OH) — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Elias George Jr., Indiana (IN) over Leon 'L Wayne' Smith, Michigan — Dec 7–1 · View bout

Bouts as the source workbook records them, in round order. No bracket positions or byes are inferred.